Santo Domingo Ch QF: I'm definitely coming back w/ more of this match, but really??? 😳 Andres Andrade d. Bernard Tomic 6-2, 6-2. Pretty much a contrast of levels, all things considered, but this ending, tho?? Well 🤔 🎥 @ATPChallenger
Bernard Tomic cast in another scandal at Dominican Challenger event
ATPTuesday, 20 August 2024 at 12:30
Australia’s tennis player Bernard Tomic was involved in
another scandal, this time during the Challenger event. In a competition that
was organised in Santo Domingo, Tomic reportedly insulted his opponent, not only
on the court but in the locker room as well.
The development was confirmed by journalist Kenny Castro in a radio show, which was quoted in a report by Clay Tennis. Tomic’s behaviour changed drastically after the chair umpire's decision during the quarterfinal against Andres Andrade, where he lost in straight sets with a score of 6-2, 6-2.
The report stated that not only was Tomic hostile towards his opponent on and off the court on the day, but he also came back days later to annoy him in the final of the event. He was eventually thrown out of the court.
‘I met Andy after the match and he said ‘Tomic is crazy,” reported
Castro who talked to a witness about the incident. “In the locker room he
started insulting me and saying worse things than what he said on the court. After
the match, Tomic began to insult him in English and told Andy ‘you’re a
cheater, you’re a bad person. Now that you’re into the semi-finals you’re going
to have seven thousand dollars… I have 700 thousand‘; then he warned that he
was going to arrive at the next match with 30 people.”
About the incident which took place on the day of the final,
press officer of the Dominican Tennis Federation was also quoted in a report. “People
were taking pictures with him at the beginning, but then when things got out of
control, it was something else,” he said. “Every time Dzumhur won a point,
Tomic would clap his hands in a way that Andy would notice.”
Andrade went on to
finish the competition as a runner up as he lost in the final of the event to
Bosnia’s Damir Dzumhur in straight sets with a score of 6-4, 6-4.
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